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Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy on POCUS

78 year old woman - Acute delirium but complaining of chest pain 
ECG:
Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy ... on POCUS 78 year ... #POCUS #Ultrasound ... #Clinical #Echocardiogram ... #Cardiology
Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy on POCUS Echocardiogram

Patient is in shock. POCUS RUSH exam shows the shock is cardiogenic.
Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy ... on POCUS Echocardiogram ... #BrokenHeart #Syndrome ... Clinical #POCUS #Echocardiogram ... #A4c #Ultrasound
Causes of Sudden Cardiac Arrest
Primary Myocardial Processes (> 90%):
 • Acquired structural heart disease: CAD, Most
: Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy ... Familial dilated cardiomyopathy ... Channelopathies: Long/short ... QT syndromes, Brugada ... Cardiac #Arrest #cardiology
A 70 year old was presented to the urgent care center with severe retrosternal chest pain
A 70 year old was ... showed a classic syndrome ... Clinical #POCUS #Echocardiogram ... A4c #Takotsubo #Cardiomyopathy ... #BrokenHeart #Syndrome
Left Ventricular Non-Compaction Cardiomyopathy
First described 80 years or so ago, it occurs secondary to the failure
Non-Compaction Cardiomyopathy ... noncompaction syndrome ... clinical #diagnosis #cardiology ... #echocardiogram ... #psax #cardiology
Cardiomyopathies 

Manifestations of cardiomyopathy (CM) range from microscopic alterations in cardiac myocytes to fulminant Heart Failure
Manifestations of cardiomyopathy ... Tachycardia (CPVT) • Short ... QT Syndrome • ... Hypereosinophilic syndrome ... Cardiomyopathies #cardiology
WOBBLER  for ECG assessment in Syncope 
W - Wolff Parkinson White 
O - Obstructed AV
– look for a short ... are hypertrophic cardiomyopathy ... right ventricular cardiomyopathy ... QT syndrome too ... ECG #Diagnosis #Cardiology
Guillain-Barre Syndrome - Summary

Acute AIDP that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness

Epidemiology:
 • 1-2 cases/100,000 per
Guillain-Barre Syndrome ... cases/100,000 per year ... • Weakness: Starts ... tachycardia, reversible cardiomyopathy ... , Horner syndrome
Septal Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy (HOCM)

52yo worsening exertional sx and murmur. EKG nonspecific, Serial trops (-) 
EM resident
Septal Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy ... Metoprolol - VCU Ultrasound ... #Hypertrophic #Cardiomyopathy ... HCM #clinical #echocardiogram ... #plax #cardiology
Atypical Takotsubo Syndrome - Basal Subtype
Atypical Takotsubo Syndrome in patient requiring ECMO
1. 6% of MI have
Atypical Takotsubo Syndrome ... Atypical Takotsubo Syndrome ... #Cardiomyopathy ... Subtype #clinical #cardiology ... #pocus #echocardiogram